The Education and Outreach Committee is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 Small Grants for Local and Regional Outreach. These grants provide funding for public lectures, exhibits, student competitions, professional development events for teachers, and other outreach programs around the world. This year’s recipients are:
Melissa DeBiasse, Radford University: Salamander Evolution Trading Card Game
Nathaniel Sharp, University of Wisconsin-Madison: Velma Hamilton Middle School (VHMS) yeast evolution
Tim Hartelt, University of Kassel: Evolution in upper secondary education: A professional development event for biology
Florencia Soteras, CONICET-National University of Córdoba: “EvoJuego”: a board game for learning about evolutionary ecology
Javad Meghrazi, The University of British Columbia: Fostering evolution and ecology education in Iran by providing mentorship opportunities for undergraduate students (The Zistyar Program)
Gyaneshwer Chauby, Banaras Hindu University: Teaching the recent knowledge on Human Evolution to Middle-High School (6-12) students